Coin holder



Nov. 27,- 1923. 1,475329 E. E. IHRlG ET AL coIN HOLDER Filed Jan. 24, 1923 Y 4 ifyZ.

/S/wrM Patented Nov. 27, 1923.

STATES ATEN? QFFECE.

EUGENE E. IHRIG AND WILLIAM H. SCT-INEIDER, OF YITTSBUEGI-I, PENNSYLVANIA,

ASSIGNORS TO UNIT COIN TJEVICE MANUFACTUBING COR'POBATION, OF PITTS- BU'RGH, PENNSYLVANIA, A CGEPORATION Of? DELAWARE.

COIN HOLDER- Application filed January f/'o aZZ whom e't may concern:

Be it known that we, EUonNn E. IHRIG and VVILLIAM H. SoHNnIDER, both citizens of the United States, residing` at lpittsburgh,

Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Coin Holders, of which ther :following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The present invention relates to coin holders, and more particularly to small coin holdere adapted to hold a number of coins of the same denomination. These coin holders are particularly adapted for use in storing and counting the change taken from the tills of retail stores, from cash registers, etc. They are particularly useful to the snialler merchants who do not care to make the large investment required for the complicated automatic coin-separating and eounting machinery.

In the accompanying drawings, in which is illustrated the preferred embodiment of the invention:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the coin holder;

Figure 2 is a plan view showing the parts in position to hold the ooins;

Figure 3 is a plan view showing the parts in a position to release or receive the coins;

Figure 4: is a section along the line liv- TV of Figure 1;

Figure 5 is a section on the line V-V of Figure 2; and

Figur-e (S is a detail view showing the Follower. v

lieferring to the illustrated enibodinlent of the invention, the coin holder has a trougl'l-like ol' partially cylindrical body member l, preferably stamped from sheet metal, and a foin-retaining har or rail 2, which is pivoted by studs 3, to thebody member at its axis. The bar 2 is swung to one side, as shown in Figure 3, to admit the coins to the holder or to release the coins. VVhen swung to the position shown in Figur-e 2, the coins are retained in the holder. The bar 2 has a springtongue extension l, extending over and slightly beyond. the end of the body portion 1. The edge of the end of the body portion is provided with a depression or detent 5, in which the tongue 11 snaps to hold the bar 2 in (foin-retaining position, as shown in Figure 2. The tip of the tongue l projects over the edge of the body portion so that it can be very easily engaged by the hand or finger, to be released from the detent 5.

The body portion l has a wing 6, formed by an outwardly bent edge of the body. Upon this wing 6 is a scale with numerals to indieate the number of coins in the holder. The end edge of Ithe wing 6 operates as a limiting stop to prevent the tongue 4- from sliding off, of the body portion, as shown in Figure 3.

In order to retain a stack of coins which does not completely fill the holder, a followerl 'T is arranged to slide on top of the coin-retaining members 1 or 2, but preferably upon the bar 2, as illustrated. This follower is bent from sheet metal having two upstanding slide flanges 8 and an end llange 9. The extremities 10 of the slide lianges 8 are bent over beyond the end flange 9, to provide a space 11, in which the bar 2 is received. The follower 7 is slidable on the bar 2, but is frictionally held by means of a friction dog 13, which consists of a piece of wire, one end of which extends through the hole 14 in the end flange 9, and the other end of which is anchored in a hole 15 in one of the side flanges 8. The spring wire 13 presses against the inside of the bar 2, and frictionally holds the follower 7 in position. The follower 7 is irovided with a downwardly depressed boss 16, 'for cngaging the middle of the coins, thus applying at the distal end of the follower the thrust due to the stack of coins, so that the follower acts as a lever to tend lo cause the 'lianges S and 9 to bind against the bar 2 and resist any movement of the eoins.

While we have illustrated and specifically deseribed the preferred embodiments of ourl invention, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to all of the illustrated and described details, but may be otherwise embodied in coin holders within the scope of the following claims.

lVe claim:

1. A coin holder comprising a coin-holding` body member having a detent, and a eoin-retaining swinging bar secnred thereto and having a spring tongue fitting into the detent When the bar is in its coin-retaining position and extending beyond the detent and body member to be read jl eng-Y Sed by the finger of the user and lifted from the detent, substantially as described.

A coin holder comprising a com-holding body member having` a detent, and a ooin-retaining' bar 'having` bent-over ends pivotally seoure'd to the ends of the body member, one of said bent-over ends having' a spring` tongue extension arranged tov engage the detent When the bar is in its ooinretaining position and' extending over and beyond the end of the body member into a positionv to: be readily engaged by the finger of the userand: lifted from the detent, substantially as desoribed..

3. A eoin holder eomprising a` coin-holding body and a coin-retaining` bar coop-l eratingv therexvith, the edge of the body member being for-med with a. 'Wing bearin` a coin-eountingscale and extending out- W-ardly at an angle to the oiroumferenoe of the' coins, substantially as desoribed.

4. A eoin holder eomprising a coin-holding` body member and a ooin-retaining bar eooperating theren'ith, the edge of the body member being` bent outwardly at an angle to the cireumferenee of the ooins to form a Wing. integral with the bodyT member, substantialiy as deseribed:

A eoin holder eomprising a eoin-holding` body member and a ooin-retaining bar member eooperating therewith, and a folloWer mounted to slide on one of said membersand provided With a. friet-ion dog` resisting movement in both directions, substantiallly as described- 6. A eoin 'holder comprising a coin-holding body member and' a ooin-retaining bar member' oooperat'ingl therewith, and a folloWer mounted to slide on one of said members and provided with a friotion dog resisting movement in both directions, said fol'lower having a ooin-engafling` projection at Vits distal end, substantiahy as described.

7. coin holder oon'lprising a eoin-holding body member and av eoin-retaining bar eooperating tl'ieren'ith, and a follower mounted on said bar and provided With a spring wire frietion dog` pressing against the inside of the har, sulritantially as deseribed.

8. A; eoin holder oomprising a eoin-holding body member and a co'in-retaining` bar cooperating therewith, a follon'er slidingly mounted on the bar and formed of a sheet of metal having an end fla-nge engaging the fly/5,829

inside of the bar, and side -flanges hawing; extensions extending` beyond the end '[iange and engaging the outside of the bar, substantially as desoribed.

9. A coin holder comprising a eoin holding body member and .a coin-retaining bar cooperating therewith, a follower sl'idingly mounted on the har and formed of a Sheetof metal having an end iange engaging the inside of the bar, side fianges having extensions extending` beyond the end flange and engafging the outside of. the bar, and a frietion dog mounted between the side Hauges and extending through the end fl'ange into contact With the inner face of the bar, substantialiy deseribed.

10. A coin holder eoniprising` a sein-holding bodyv and a eoin-retaining bar cooperating` therewith, andE a follower n'ionnted on said bar and formed as a lever to engage at its distal' end the stack' of coins, ibstantially as deseribed.

11'. A eoin holder eomprising a co-in-holding body and a ooin-retaining bar cooperating thereivith, and a follower slidably fitting on the barandhaving at its distall end a projeetion to engage against the bar and thereby resist movement of the ooins, substantially as deseribed.

12. Coinholder comprising a: ooinholding` body and a eoin-retaining bar eooperating' therewith, a. follower slidably fitting on the bar and having at its dist'al end a projeotion to engage against-.the bar and thereb),Y` resist movement of the ooins, and a friction dog,` on the follower engaging the har, substantia-lly as desoribed.

13- A ooin holder oomgrising a coin-holding` body and ay ooin-retaining bar, aY follo'Wer slidably mounted on the bar and forme-d of' av sheet of metal having` an end flange engaging the inside ofl the bar, said flanges having,` extensions engaging beyond the end flange and engaging the outside of the'bar, a projeetion at the d-istal end of the follower for engaging the coins, and a frietion deg; mounted between the said 'henges and extending through the end ftiange into contact with the inner fare of the bar, substainrially as described.

In testimony 'whereof' We have herennto set onr hands.

EUGENE E. IHRIG. WIYLL'IAMj H. SCHNEIDER. 

